AT WEDDINGS AND WAKES
by McDERMOTT, Alice
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Tight, crisp copy with slight foxing to bulked text edges. About Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Alice McDermott is the author of five previous novels, including A Bigamist’s Daughter ; Child of My Heart ; Charming Billy ; winner of the 1998 National Book Award; At Weddings and Wakes ; and That Night . She lives with her family outside Washington, D.C.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014798
- Title
- AT WEDDINGS AND WAKES
- Author
- McDERMOTT, Alice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Tight, crisp copy with slight foxing to bulked text edges. About Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1992)
- Keywords
- Signed, Women's Literature, Alice McDermott, Modern First Editions, Modern Firsts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Inscribed;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
About the Seller
Charles Agvent
About Charles Agvent
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Tight
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- Edges
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- Inscribed
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...